| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | West Mifflin | Pa | Eby-Brown | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| A forklift trainer was teaching another employee how to use a stand-on powered pallet jack. The trainee backed up the powered pallet jack, then moved it forward. It pinned the trainer's leg against a guardrail, causing a compound fracture. | |||||
| 2021-06-22 | Mifflintown | Pa | Weis Markets 176 | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell while stepping off a stool, landing on the ground and suffering a broken T12 vertebra. | |||||
| 2021-04-24 | West Mifflin | Pa | Roses Store #493 | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was walking through a store to get change for her register when she tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured arm that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Mifflintown | Pa | Controls Service & Engineering Co., Inc. (CSE) | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was trying to unclog a kitchen drain. A mixture of bleach and a drain cleaning solution produced toxic vapors, which the employee inhaled. | |||||
| 2019-03-28 | West Mifflin | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation (Irvin Plant) | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was trying to take readings inside a 480-volt electrical disconnect panel. An arc flash caused burns to fingers on both the employee's hands, as well as the employee's left wrist. Personal protective equipment was being worn at the time. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Mifflintown | Pennsylvania | Acme Truck Line, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| While getting into the cab of a truck, an employee slipped and fell, suffering a laceration to the head and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-03 | West Mifflin | Pennsylvania | United States Steel Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A forklift delivered a work roll to the roll shop for repairs. The forklift lowered the forks to the ground with the roll on the forks. The operator then slightly tilted the forks to have the roll come off the forks. An employee was using a steel bar to attempt to stop the roll. The momentum of the roll forced the bar from his hands and struck his lower left leg, breaking the fibula/tibia. | |||||
| 2017-02-17 | Mifflintown | Pennsylvania | Valley Protein, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was pinned between a reversing truck and a wall, suffering a punctured left lung and eight broken ribs. | |||||
| 2017-02-01 | West Mifflin | Pennsylvania | SAS Retail Services | Lumbar region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were pulling apart two entangled step stools when one employee fell backward, fracturing her L2 vertebra. | |||||
| 2015-12-11 | Mifflintown | Pennsylvania | Treen Box and Pallet Corporation | Foot (feet) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee operating the KM16 5 head saw suffered a partial amputation of his right foot. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | Mifflin | Pennsylvania | Cocolamus Creek Disposal Services, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A sanitation engineer was hooking the cable hooks to the residential dumpster when his right index finger was pinched in the safety hook latch. This resulted in a crushing injury and the loss of the right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Mifflintown | Pennsylvania | Energex American Incorporated | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a front end loader on a pile of raw material (wood chips and saw dust). The front end loader rolled down the pile. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2015-08-25 | Mifflinburg | Pennsylvania | Elkay Wood Products | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee severed his right middle fingertip when it got caught in a slot conveyor. | |||||
| 2015-07-09 | West Mifflin | Pennsylvania | Alcoa | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At approximately 12:00 PM on July 9, 2015, an employee fell off of a moveable ladder/platform while waxing the top side of a wing on a corporate jet. The employee's boot tread got stuck in the tread on the stairs, causing him to lose his footing and fall approximately 48 inches to the ground below. He was hospitalized and sustained three fractured ribs, and possible pelvic and clavicle injuries. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | Mifflinburg | Pennsylvania | Ritz-Craft Corp of Pennsylvania, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee operating a table saw amputated the middle fingertip (down to the nail bed). The table saw was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||